Looking for info on a supposed 3d camera capable of providing data to cad/cam for 3d modeling

Hallo Sirs,

I was told by a friend that he saw on tv some unspecified students from a US university (Seattle?) who demonstrated a sort of 3d camera by means of which they were capable of feeding directly 3d shots into cad/cam software, so obtaining an immediate reconstruction of the object that had been photographed.

Since I would need it for reconstructing museum artifacts I wondered what actual technology my friend would be referring to.

Possibly on this forum there is somebody aware of this technology, which might also be not 3d (I checked computational photography but it seems not to have any connection with cad/cam).

Ty in advance

 

I used this on iPad Air 2, works surprisingly well, but you can't get ALL sides (including bottom)
https://store.structure.io/store

 

Hi everyone!

I am new here and I am just about ready to show how ignorant I am! (What the heck, huh?) And hello to all of you!

Why couldn't three Hero cameras, mounted on a base, with the to be scanned object on something akin to a lazy Susan? But, have a motor turning the lazy Susan instead of turning it by hand.

With the proper software, is there any reason this couldn't work? Like I said, I'm new here so perhaps this is idiotic to most. But, I'm here to learn and I will say stupid things in my learning process.

So, I ask to be welcomed and please be gentle when you tear me a new orfice!

Alan